India to China: Maintain earlier status quo in Ladakh

India
has asked China to maintain earlier status quo in Ladakh. It
expressed the hope that differences on perceptions of the line of
actual control (LAC) would be resolved peacefully under existing
agreements. Replying to questions by newsmen in New Delhi today,
External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbarrudin said, the
ongoing incident was a localized one and such face to face situations
due to differering perceptions on the LAC have been resolved
peacefully in the past. He also said, the India-China border areas have
continued to remain peaceful.

He said, a flag meeting between the local military commanders was held to resolve the situation.AIR
correspondent reports, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai had expressed
India's concern to Chinese Ambassador Wei Wei stressing on the need for
resolving the issue. Senior MEA official, heading the India-China joint
working mechanism to deal with issues on the boundary, also spoke to
his counterpart in Beijing last week, emphasizing on the need to
resolve the issue.